An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Dechant

From Wikisource
Jump to navigation Jump to search
←
An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, D
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Dechant
→
2525044An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, D — DechantJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

​ Dechant, masculine, ‘dean,’ from Middle High German dëchent, tëchant(d), Middle High German and Old High German tëchân from Latin dĕcânus, whence also Italian decano, French doyen (English dean).

Retrieved from "https://en.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=An_Etymological_Dictionary_of_the_German_Language/Annotated/Dechant&oldid=13441379"